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Jilly_in_VA

(13,072 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 12:37 PM Aug 31

A Chinese student was questioned for hours in the US, then sent back even as Trump policies shift

The 22-year-old philosophy student from China did not expect any problems after his 29-hour flight arrived at a Texas airport this month as he was on his way to study at the University of Houston.

His paperwork was in order. He was going to study humanities — not a tech field that might raise suspicions. He had a full scholarship from the U.S. school and had previously spent a semester at Cornell University for an exchange program with no issues.

But the student, who asked to be identified only by his family name, Gu, because of the political sensitivities of the matter, was stopped, interrogated and 36 hours later, put on a plane back to China.

He also was banned from coming back for five years, abruptly halting his dream for an academic career in the United States.

“There is no opportunity for the life I had expected,” Gu said.

https://apnews.com/article/chinese-students-trump-deportations-visas-1820a05254632a3d0fa52ab85f47fe31

This is just STUPID!

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A Chinese student was questioned for hours in the US, then sent back even as Trump policies shift (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Aug 31 OP
The stupids vote, elect stupids, stupid happens until all is stupid. IA8IT Aug 31 #1
Pathetic oswaldactedalone Aug 31 #2
So we are so afraid that China will surpass us economically walkingman Sep 1 #3
All white all the time everywhere. ananda Sep 1 #4
Just racist bastards Jilly_in_VA Sep 1 #5

walkingman

(9,852 posts)
3. So we are so afraid that China will surpass us economically
Mon Sep 1, 2025, 10:59 AM
Sep 1

that we deny Chinese student from pursuing an academic career here?

Well, I've got news for this administration - they have already won. When we treat people this way it is a clear signal that we are not a welcoming country and have what I would call an "inbred" philosophy in terms of science, technology, and engineering.

We hurt ourselves much more that the ones that are pursing excellence in their lives.

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